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In an age of connected learning, navigating the copyright landscape can be challenging. The following resources may help you as you attempt to answer key copyright questions about content use, re-use, distribution, creation, and more.
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- EDUCAUSE Policy Topic: Intellectual Property
Looking to find out more about copyright, Fair Use, DMCA, and other legislation in this area? This page from the EDUCAUSE Policy office provides a useful overview of IP issues facing higher education. - EDUCAUSE Library: Copyright and IP Policies
Find model campus policies in the EDUCAUSE Library. - Copyright Timeline: A History of Copyright in the United States
This timeline from the Association of Research Libraries is a comprehensive look at the legal evolution of copyright law in the United States. - Copyright Crash Course
From the University of Texas Libraries, this online interactive guide points to copyright’s role in the flow of research and teaching, and helps users understand ownership, management, and sharing of copyrights. - Know Your Copyrights
An online guide from ARL that “looks at copyright from the perspectives of all key academic stakeholders and suggests what each group can do to enhance their copyright practices and advance academic interests. - American University Center for Social Media: Codes of Best Practices in Fair Use
This site features a number of resources related to fair use, including teaching materials, codes of best practices, and other documents. Topics include OpenCourseWare, online video, academic and research libraries, and more. - Orphan Works and Mass Digitization
This Library of Congress site is a review of “the problem of orphan works under U.S. copyright law” and includes links to pertinent works. - ARL Copyright and Intellectual Property
This website provides helpful resources related to Fair Use, author rights, legislation, and international copyright and IP.
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Library Items on this Topic
EDUCAUSE Library Items for Copyright
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Congress Ups Ante on File Sharing
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January 1, 2007
A bipartisan group of House of Representatives lawmakers recently said that they had written the presidents of 19 colleges and universities asking their officials to complete an expansive survey on…
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Congress Warns University Presidents on P2P File Sharing
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January 1, 2007
"Congressional leaders have sent letters to 19 major university presidents warning them to step up efforts to curb illegal Internet file sharing or Congress 'will be forced to act'.&…
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Copying Programs Could be Outlawed
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January 1, 2004
Legislation targets products that 'induce' copyright violations. Legislation targets products that 'induce' copyright violations. …
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Copying Right and Copying Wrong with Web 2.0 Tools in the Teacher Education and Communications Classrooms
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November 18, 2010
Understanding the tenets of copyright in general, and in particular, in online communication and publishing with Web 2.0 tools, has become an important part of literacy in today’s Information A…
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Copyright
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Copyright True In an age of connected learning, navigatin…
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Copyright 101 at BYU
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September 1, 2009
This tutorial was designed to educate Brigham Young University faculty, staff, and students about copyright law and how it relates to them. This …
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Copyright Alert System Goes into Effect
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February 26, 2013
A copyright protection system, enforced by the major Internet service providers (ISPs), went into effect on February 25, 2013. The Copyright Alert System (CAS), which is a partnership betwe…
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Copyright Alert System Utilized in Infringement Lawsuit
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April 5, 2013
The Copyright Alert System (CAS), which is a partnership between copyright owners and Internet Service Providers (ISPs), went into effect on February 25, 2013. The goal of the CAS is to cut…
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Copyright and Digital Media in a Post-Napster World: 2005 Update
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January 1, 2005
The objective of this White Paper, initially released in August 2003 and updated in January 2005, is to provide a foundation for evaluating key questions facing the different stakeholders in the co…
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Copyright and Fair Use in the Digital Age:
Q&A with Peter Lyman
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January 1, 1995
The Constitution may have intended for copyright law to "promote the progress of science and the useful arts," but is it actually impeding the process of technological and educational inn…
